Upcoming Lviv

The Children’s Reading Festival is a cultural celebration designed not only for children, but also for parents and adults to experience the joy of reading in a family-friendly environment. The event encourages learning and self-education from a young age, helping to raise a generation of leaders, scholars, and professionals that will contribute to the development of their society. It’s an entertaining three days of discovery, creativity, and excitement that showcase’s modern Ukrainian children’s literature. Attracting more than 50 international and local publishers, fans will be able to sit down with some of Ukraine’s top children’s authors as they feature their personal works.

Attention Leopolitan girls! If you are young, beautiful, and confident, then this story is for you! On 26 April, Lviv’s chic Glory Café will host the casting for the Miss Lviv 2018 pageant. Ladies aged 16 to 24 are invited to come out to try to impress the jury with their skills, style, and personalities in an effort to qualify for this year’s event finals at Lviv’s luxurious Opera & Ballet Theatre.

One of Lviv’s trademark events, the Flugery Lvova Jazz & Folk Music Festival provides a stage for both eminent jazz groups and those just starting out. Every year since 2003, the event has grown with new initiatives and more prominent groups.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve likely heard that the Freedom Ballet’s superb dancers will be in Lviv on 15 May to perform their modern Shafa (Closet) dance show. With the jauntily experimental spirit of its artistic director and choreographer Olena Kolyadenko, the show features 14 superb dancers presenting an engaging blend of movement, light, and sound.

The Circus Water Show invites you on an amazing journey, where performers entertain under water, on the water, in the air, and on shore! Be ready to give thunderous applause for the fairy-like show’s jugglers, mermaid-aerialists, clowns, and quick-change artists.

As the thriving heart of Western Ukraine, Lviv comes alive each May with a diverse and exciting range of events and activities to ignite national pride and unity and to encourage a sense of community. The events draw hundreds of thousands of locals and visitors to the Western Ukrainian capital to celebrate as a collective what it means to be a Leopolitan.

Lviv’s lovely M. Zankovetska National Drama Theatre will host the Stars of Argentinian Tango for a concert in the Western Ukrainian capital on 29 March. Fans of the world’s most passionate and romantic dance style will be delighted by the wonderful choreography of Simone Facchini and Gioia Abballe and the beautiful compositions of the famed Tango Spleen Orquesta under the guidance of Argentina’s Mariano Speranza.

Easter is an especially festive time of year in Lviv, which has long been a city where the wide range of religious identities present in our population have more of a reason to celebrate. Lviv has always been a crossroads where the historic empires of the Orthodox and Christian churches have met, but given the diverse ethnic makeup of ancient Lviv, Easter has traditionally been a time of year when different denominations have been conciliatory as they celebrate the miracle of resurrection according to their own beliefs. In Ukraine, Easter is called Velykden (Great Day) and is the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s most important holiday.

Bukovel Ski Resort – Ukraine’s largest and most popular – will play host to several exciting ski competitions next month that you will not want to miss. With modern hotels, spas, and restaurants, Bukovel is Ukraine’s most European winter resort.